The Meeker herald., 1887-10-15

For Superintendent OF Public Instruc'
ton, Sam N. White. Of Rock creek.
For Surveyor and Coroner Messrs.
Churchill and Johnston are the respec-
tive nominees.
The Assesseaa Beef Feel.
Since the movement originated in
Denver, to turn over the range cattle
interests 10 Phil Armour, under Y
scheme known NJ tho American Beef
lool. tho project has becn freely ven
tilatssi In the live stock journals Of the
west. Only two papers OF this charac-
ter IN the range country arc known Ia
iavor the Armour pool-thc cheyenne
Live Stock Journal and the Las Vegas
Gazette. liy = singular coli cidence the
editors Of these two papers have been
honored with Offices In the proposed
syndicate. They can see nothing but
the lest results from turning over ths
herds Of the plains as fast as they are Ill
for market To the manipulaiions oi
Armour. AID after they leave his hands,
In the shape Of dressed lrcf. nj the risk
Of the original owners Of the stock.
catticni-n cannot ls too cautious of
such schemes until practical experience
las demonstrated their safely. Let
ti-s. editors Turn their own large herds
into the pool. and II the results are sat
isfsetory stock growers who are Icss
able IN take such risks can then follow
with some sense u security.
The iloof and Horn. published at
Prescott, Arizona, sums up u lengthy
review Of this proposed uad~ with fhil
Armour b, declaring II the worst plan
that MAS ever raised 10 fleece tan.rmcn.
from their noble steer In the old COW
pony" The Chicago Drov-rs' Journal
turns the point sharply by siowin. the
position In whicl, this plan places range.
men who have heretofore with great
unsnimity denounced Armour a. tho
main oppr-ssor of tho industry. and who
arc now represented h, certain editors
as lobking To him as the only source Of
relief. Says the Journal: III Mr. Ar.
tnour tak-~ up any such proposition of
the ranchmrn II IL reasonably safe 10
asset that lie will do No b-caxsr Il will
In more profitable Ia him than any other
policy he could adopt. With tho cattle.
sss~a u h ali experiment. maiuiy xu~~s
work; they arr comIs,isd W sr9tn ii
the dark oa any saci scheme; they car
only know by experiment. With ihil
Armour II u all as clear as day. Tie can
tell YOU Ia tho fraction of cent the net
and gross profit of every drove of cattle
ever slaughtered and dressed In his
establishment. lie knows exactly what
the business has done aud Is doing for
him. There IL not the hist shadow oi
doubt or speculation or g,irSs-~ork
about II. The catti~inrn say TO him. Ne
will give you s..io pr heal and take
what IN left after sale of the l-.cf. ininu,
commissions for selling the same aud
incidental EXPENSES. Mr. Armour knows
what this means Ia him. Would he
jump al Il II II WIS less than he has
been gctiinIy What will h. the ranch.
mans pssitiony What can he tell what
he IL going To get out Of the dcalY lie
sends his cattle Ia Chicago. Armour
kills them. puts them aboard the cars.
takes his 5. 20 PER head toll-ss. 20 per
refrigerator car load for slauglitering.
Then the raiti-mcn. not Armour. have
IL tusslr with the railroads over freight
rates. The beef goes 10 the eastern
dealer. who p''iilcs II out; takes his
goud minission-Armont's commis-
sion Of 81 "a lsr head don't sell the
beef. pay for freight or incidental costs
and after the meat has bccn IrslsIlesl
out the proceeds are returned 10 the
,r,cl. Then when the clerks aud agents.
etc. etc. of the poo! have had their
whack at the price Of ye irisky Colorado
steer what Is left will he returned to the
ranchtnan. whom We family suspect
will lind that lie has jumped from ye
frying pau into ye lire. c."-Dcnvcr News.
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